Americas Regional Privacy Officer
About the position
Responsibilities
- Work with the Global Privacy Office to develop, maintain, and evolve SITA's privacy program including providing input into policy and guidance documents.
- Represent the Global Privacy Office in day-to-day activities with GEO leadership, business and other functional stakeholders to drive pragmatic privacy risk management, policy compliance, education and awareness to enable compliant growth in region.
- Develop and maintain an in-depth understanding of GEO's processes, systems, technologies, data, customers, consumers, vendors, data flows and international transfers.
- Provide timely reporting and cascade of privacy risks to the CPO and appropriate committees.
- Execute privacy risk assessments for SITA products and services, documenting the supporting evidence and ensuring that there are robust audit trails.
- Evaluate the impact of contractual and regulatory privacy and security requirements on business practices, including supporting Legal and Business colleagues in commercial negotiations.
- Proactively identify areas of potential improvements and facilitate mitigations to reduce privacy non-compliance.
- Horizon scan for privacy developments, such as new laws or regulatory guidance, and provide analysis and recommendations.
- Conduct second line monitoring reviews and control testing, providing input to the Global Privacy monitoring programme and supporting third line of defence activities.
- Regional privacy SME for incidents where there is a data privacy impact including post incident reviews.
- Act as the front door for external regional privacy regulatory/customer enquiries and complaints, including data incidents/breach notification at the direction of the CPO.
- Design, support and deliver privacy training and awareness in region and more broadly across SITA.
- Represent SITA externally in region at privacy events, conferences, client facing engagement, and industry forums.
Requirements
- Minimum of 8 Years + demonstrable experience working at scale and at a senior level within a multinational environment as a privacy officer or in a comparable data compliance role.
- Robust knowledge of data compliance frameworks and design, execution and monitoring of associated compliance programs.
- Robust understanding of regional data protection laws, standards and associated compliance requirements.
- Demonstrable experience of OneTrust or equivalent compliance platform.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities effectively and work independently whilst collaborating across competing stakeholders and teams.
- Ability to influence outcomes and at times without the express authority to meet objectives.
- Excellent and concise written and verbal communication skills with the ability to convey complex technical legal/privacy issues in simple terms.
- High level of interpersonal skills to interact with senior leaders and facilitate team interactions.
- Analytical aptitude with an emphasis on investigative, methodical critical questioning and logical thinking; a data-driven decision maker.
- Strong team player with a positive attitude, sense of humour and a desire to learn.
Nice-to-haves
- IAPP or similar recognised privacy accreditations preferred.
Benefits
- Flex Week: Work from home up to 2 days/week (depending on your team's needs)
- Flex Day: Make your workday suit your life and plans.
- Flex Location: Take up to 30 days a year to work from any location in the world.
- Employee Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your dependents 24/7, 365 days/year.
- Champion Health - a personalized platform that supports a range of wellbeing needs.
- Professional Development: Level up your skills with our training platforms, including LinkedIn Learning!
- Competitive Benefits: Competitive benefits that make sense with both your local market and employment status.
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